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In southern Malawi, and precisely in Balaka, Father Mario Pacifici, Monfort missionary, arrived here thirty five years ago and founded with Cesare Castelli the "Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust" which now has nearly 700 workers. The Cooperative operates within four areas of development:- People find jobs in the 33 activities of Andiamo, including health care, education, vocational training, construction, agriculture, mechanics, sports, and last but not the musical one. Precisely in this context born the Alleluya Band, a band created in 1978 as a church choir and now became the point of musical reference throughout Malawi. Our representative in Italy is Orizzonte Malawi onlus, that use the valuable collaboration of many associations:
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Classes resume at Andiamo Secondary School
Despite the unavailability of results for Junior Certificate Examinations (JCE), all classes at Andiamo Secondary School resumed on Tuesday 4 September 2012. A visit to all the four classes has shown that teachers were busy teaching in all the classes. … Continue reading
Group of Volunteers left for Italy
Claudio, Daniela, Paolo, Simona, Bruna and Luigi left this morning, 31 August 2012 for Italy after a beautiful experience in Malawi. Manuel and Nadia will leave Saturday, 1 September. Claudio shared his long experience with Andiamo Youth Cooperative with us: … Continue reading
Pang’ono Pang’ono and Andiamo bring safe water to Kankao Orphanage
Andiamo workers and volunteers together with Pang’ono Pang’ono Volunteers have managed to fix a water purifier machine at Kankao Orphanage for just two weeks. Sponsored and sent by Pang’ono Pang’ono Association to Malawi, the purifier will give safe water to … Continue reading
Marandimo trained in construction of bridges
Two Marandimo Construction company employees Harry Walima and Marco Njoloma were from 20 to 24 August trained in the construction of small bridges at the Malawi Institute of Tourism in Blantyre. According to Harry Walima, one of Marandimo’s representatives, the … Continue reading
Seven get certificates in Cooperative Business Management
Seven workers from different sections of Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) received certificates after completing a weeklong training programme in Cooperative Business Management at Malawi Entrepreneurs Development Institute (MEDI) in Mponela, Dowa. The training, which took place from 19 to … Continue reading
Four Pillars of AYCT according to AEI
On 3 September, Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) open their doors for a new 2012/13 academic calendar. Preparations are underway to make sure that everything is in order before students arrive. Builders and plumbers are busy to make sure that the … Continue reading
Andiamo sponsorship raised to K1.5m
It doesn’t get sweeter than this. After successfully sponsoring the league for three years in a row, Andiamo Youth Cooperative Trust (AYCT) in conjunction with Association of Lawyers from Bergamo in Italy have signaled their commitment to promoting football in … Continue reading
Fuel prices up
The Malawi Energy Regulatory Authority (Mera), in line with the automatic pricing mechanism (APM) announced last night that with effect from today 10 August pump prices for fuel have gone up. The pump price for petrol, diesel and paraffin is … Continue reading
New Girls Hostel on schedule
Pressure is mounting on Andiamo Education Institutions (AEI) office as to whether it will be possible to have the new girls hostel ready by 2 September 2012, the day students are expected in for a new academic calendar. But speaking … Continue reading
1.6 million people face hunger
The Malawi government needs USD48 million to cushion people from hunger between December and March next year. According to the 2012/13 report by Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, the hunger is due to prolonged dry spells and high food prices. The … Continue reading